The Falkland Trail Runner was taking part in his 250th 5k parkrun event. Since his first run in 2012 Cruikshank has completed parkruns at St Andrews 213 times, Edinburgh 22, Kirkcaldy nine, Camperdown four and one each at Perth and Dunfermline.

He heads the list of most male first finishes at St Andrews with 40 and has a PB of 17 minutes 44 seconds. Last Saturday his time was 19m 36s which placed him ninth overall and leading over-50.